Although Romney's plan didn't raise taxes and Obama's did, there are far too many similarities between both programs for them not to be compared
After endorsing Mitt Romney to run for president, Chris Christie said any attempt to compare health care plans implemented by Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts, and the so-called Obamacare plan is "completely, intellectually dishonest."
Hold on, governor. Although Romney's plan didn't raise taxes and Obama's did, there are far too many similarities between both programs for them not to be compared, a PolitiFact New Jersey investigation has found.
Read our Mostly False ruling of Christie's claim at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.
In endorsing former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, right, Gov. Chris Christie called a comparison between President Obama's health care plan and Romney's program he passed during his governorship as being "intellectually dishonest," a claim PolitiFact New Jersey has ruled as Mostly False.More Truth-O-Meter rulings:
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